General Information

Author/Creator

Sharma, Rakesh, director.

Language

Hindi.

Subtitles

English

Published

India : Associated Cinema and Television, 2003.

Physical Description

DVD-ROM (75 min.)

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00002488

Contents/Summary

Summary

"Final Solution" is a study of the politics of hate. Set in Gujarat during the period Feb/March 2002 - July 2003, the film graphically documents the changing face of right-wing politics in India through a study of the 2002 genocide of Moslems in Gujarat. It specifically examines political tendencies reminiscient of the Nazi Germany of early/mid-1930s. Part 1 of the ""Final Solution" deals with the carnage and its immediate aftermath. It examines the patterns of pre-planned genocidal violence (by right-wing Hindutva cadres), which many claim was state-supported, if not state-sponsored. The film reconstructs through eyewitness accounts the attack on Gulbarg and Patiya (Ahmedabad) and acts of barbaric violence against Moslem women at Eral and Delol/Kalol (Panchmahals) even as Chief Minister Modi traverses the state on his Gaurav Yatra. The film was banned in India by the Censor Board for several months before a massive public protest, including protest letters and illlegal pirating resulted in the lifting of the ban in October 2004.

Subjects

Genre

Documentary films

Bibliographic Information

Note

Duration: 01:15:00

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Call Number	Status	Shelving Location	Public Note
DVD-ROM	OSA Film Library	FL Record 0753	Available	-	-
Digital film	OSA Film Library	FL Record 0753 (HU_OSA_00002488.mp4)	Available		Access Copy, MP4 format